A newly released poll shows a strong desire for free range milk alongside sustainable coffee beans in the UK’s growing coffee shop market.
Results from the recent YouGov poll, commissioned by Free Range Dairy Network, indicates the importance of the provenance of milk in coffee, along with the coffee beans themselves.
When questioned about the importance of knowing that coffee shops sourced their coffee beans from sustainable sources, using suppliers who pay a fair price to coffee growers in developing countries, 84% of those who choose cow’s milk in coffee from coffee shops said this was important to them.
When asked similar questions about the provenance of cows’ milk offered in coffee shops, the same number of respondents (84%) said that it was important for them to know that the milk came from farms where cows are assured high welfare.
In addition, 84% also said it was important to them that coffee shops sourced their cows’ milk from suppliers who pay a fair price to dairy farmers in the UK.
